[Appleman]

When you want your Mac to say the time to you, it says for instance "It's ten hours".
Shouldn't that be something like "It's ten o'clock", or even "It's ten a.m." when you use 12-hour clock?
Or is this another American English - British English - etc. English thing in OS X?

[voodoo]

"It's oh ninehundred hours private!"

I guess your Mac is going all drill sergeant on your ass

[Diggory Laycock]

My Mac announces the time like this: "It's Ten O'Clock"

[JKT]

Originally posted by Appleman:
When you want your Mac to say the time to you, it says for instance "It's ten hours".
Shouldn't that be something like "It's ten o'clock", or even "It's ten a.m." when you use 12-hour clock?
Or is this another American English - British English - etc. English thing in OS X?

For someone living in the Netherlands, "It's ten hours" would be the correct way to say it (24 hour clock). If you have UK settings, it's still the correct way to say it *if* you are using a 24 hour clock (which is the default - I think... maybe it's because I'm using a network clock that mine is 24 hour). If you have it set to use am/pm, then it would be wrong.

[Appleman]

Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
My Mac announces the time like this: "It's Ten O'Clock"

So it is all about settings then?

[jokell82]

Yeah, mine also says "it's ten o'clock." Check your Date and Time preferences.

[ryju]

I think I'll turn that feature back on...

[Appleman]

Funny, when I turn "Use a 24-hour clock" off, the Mac indeed says "o'clock" instead of "hours".

[malvolio]

Originally posted by Appleman:
Funny, when I turn "Use a 24-hour clock" off, the Mac indeed says "o'clock" instead of "hours".

It all comes from the 24-hour format being referred to as "military time." You know, "Reveille is at oh six hundred hours."
Having your machine say "It's 23 o'clock" would sound weird, don't you think?

[Moonray]

And where can I change it so it says "It is oh nine hundred hours Sir"?

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[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by Moonray:
And where can I change it so it says "It is oh nine hundred hours Sir"?

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Open the speakable item in the script editor and change the text.

[Moonray]

Originally posted by moonmonkey:
Open the speakable item in the script editor and change the text.

My speakable items are the scripts that react when I speak, I didn't mean that.

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[Appleman]

Originally posted by moonmonkey:
Open the speakable item in the script editor and change the text.

Well, and where o where do I find this, sir?

[ryju]

I wish they had sexier voices, Victoria isn't all that hot.

[Appleman]

Originally posted by ryju:
I wish they had sexier voices, Victoria isn't all that hot.

Try Vicky: she's isn't that good, but has that extra...